Some of you may curse the day that you – or perhaps more likely, your partner – heard of Marie Kondo. Ever since her ...

And that’s because Japan is known for making products that are incredibly well-designed, thoughtfully packaged, and built to ...

“I don’t think it’s to appear to be healthy, it’s purely a style statement,” Tokyo-based French fashion designer Julien David said of activewear’s rise in the country. “The biggest shift in Kawaii is ...

Japan is a country obsessed with cuteness, known as "kawaii (可愛い)," where everyone -- even the Tokyo Police -- has a mascot. Now that the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, which will be held in Tokyo, ...

This year has been anything but cute. It’s been occasionally optimistic, but mostly unpredictable, tumultuous, and painful. But cute? Far from it. Enter the timeline cleanse. You may have seen them: ...

Japan, I am very happy for you that American fast food franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken has made its way overseas. It’s not Church’s, or even Popeye’s, but in a country otherwise devoid of the culture ...

This year’s Met Gala theme — Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons — got us thinking: There’s such great Japanese-made stuff worth knowing about (much of it that we’ve even written about before), so why ...

Whether your visiting Japan with kids or you’re a kid at heart (or a very mature adult who happens to be a fan of Pokémon), ...

The fans are stomping and clapping as the Japanese duo known as Puffy warble a disco tune. The stars toss their auburn-dyed hair and pace the stage, dressed in jumpsuits and cloddy sneakers. They ...

The highly anticipated Cute Robot Japanese Kitchen quietly opened its doors on Tuesday evening at 704 S. 2nd St. in Walker’s Point, offering guests a first taste of their diverse menu of comforting ...